| 单词 | pretty-by-night |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspretty-by-night pretty-by-night n. chiefly U.S. regional (south Midland) the four o'clock plant, Mirabilis jalapa (family Nyctaginaceae), which has fragrant flowers that open in late afternoon. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > of south or tropical America marvel of Peru1597 flower of the night1665 world's wonder1706 butterfly flower1731 mirabilis1754 four o'clock flower1756 bastard mustard1759 Browallia1782 bastard plantain1796 cleome1806 alonsoa1812 gloxinia1816 schizanthus1823 butterfly plant1825 petunia1825 sinningia1826 salpiglossis1827 mask flower1834 poinsettia1836 guaco1844 spiderwort1846 mist flower1848 balisier1858 spider flower1861 sun plant1862 eucharis1866 pretty-by-night1869 Rocky Mountain bee plant1870 urn-flower1891 tulip-poppy1909 smithiantha1917 poor man's orchid1922 ten o'clock1953 tiger-iris- 1869 R. F. Burton Explor. Highlands Brazil II. 264 The ‘bonina’, a kind of ‘pretty-by-night’. 1890 Harper's Mag. Jan. 282/1 Hollyhocks and larkspur and pretty-by-nights blossomed in the door-yard. 1931 W. N. Clute Common Names Plants 135 The four o'clock..bears the name of pretty-by-night and lives up to it. 1995 Citizen-Times (Asheville, N. Carolina) 25 June 9 a Pretty-by-nights, lady-fingers, dahlias and cosmos proclaiming their ancient glory. < as lemmas |
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